Funded Research Projects in Underground Sensing

• Co-Principal Investigator, Wireless Signal Networks for Subsurface Modeling and Geo-Event Characterization, supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF), 2009-2011 (3-slide introduction)
• Principal Investigator, Large Scale Wireless Sensor Networking for Public Safety Applications, supported by Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation, 2004

Peer-reviewed Research Publications in Underground Sensing

• • Sibel Pamukcu and Liang Cheng (Editors and Contributors), Underground Sensing, Elsevier Academic Press, ISBN 978-0-12-803139-1, 2018.
  • Jing Ma, Xiaotong Zhang, Qiwei Huang, Liang Cheng, and Mingyu Lu, Experimental Study on the Impact of Soil Conductivity on Underground Magneto-Inductive Channel, IEEE Antennas and Wireless Propagation Letters, Vol. 14, pp. 1782-1785, 2015.
  • Suk-Un Yoon, Liang Cheng, Ehsan Ghazanfari, Sibel Pamukcu, and Muhannad Suleiman, A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Underground-to-Underground Communication for Wireless Sensor Networks,  Adhoc & Sensor Wireless Networks, Vol. 24, Issue 3/4, pp. 333-348, 2015.
  • Ehsan Ghazanfari, Sibel Pamukcu, Suk-Un Yoon, Muhannad T. Suleiman, and Liang Cheng, Geotechnical sensing using electromagnetic attenuation between radio transceivers, Smart Materials and Structures, Vol. 21, No. 12, 2012.
  • Suk-Un Yoon, Ehsan Ghazanfari, Liang Cheng, Sibel Pamukcu, Muhannad T. Suleiman, Subsurface event detection and classification using wireless signal networks, Sensors, Vol. 12, No. 11, 2012. [PDF]
  • Taian Fan, Tian Xia, and Liang Cheng, Antenna Performance under Geo-property Variations for Real-time Underground Tomography, in Proceedings of 2016 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2016), Beijing, China, July 10-15, 2016.
  • Suk-Un Yoon, Liang Cheng, Ehsan Ghazanfari, Zi Wang, Xiaotong Zhang, Sibel Pamukcu, Muhannad T. Suleiman, Subsurface Monitoring using Low Frequency Wireless Signal Networks, in the WIP session of IEEE Percom 2012, Lugano, Switzerland, March 19-23, 2012. [PDF]
  • Ehsan Ghazanfari, Suk-Un Yoon, Sibel Pamukcu, Muhannad T. Suleiman, Liang Cheng, Real time global subsurface monitoring using new application of wireless signal networks, proof of concept, ASCE Geo-congress Conference, March 2012.
  • Ehsan Ghazanfari, Suk-Un Yoon, Sibel Pamukcu, Muhannad T. Suleiman, and Liang Cheng, Challenges of subsurface geo-sensing and monitoring using wireless signal networks, Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2012, March 2012.
  • Suk-Un Yoon, Liang Cheng, Ehsan Ghazanfari, Sibel Pamukcu, and Muhannad T. Suleiman, A radio propagation model for wireless underground sensor networks, in Proceedings of IEEE Globecom, Houston, TX, December 2011. [PDF]
  • Suk-Un Yoon, Liang Cheng, Ehsan Ghazanfari, Sibel Pamukcu, Muhannad T. Suleiman, Subsurface geo-applications of wireless signal networks, in Proceedings of the SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2011, San Diego, California, March 6-10, 2011.
  • Ehsan Ghazanfari, Suk-Un Yoon, Yi Dong, Xu Li, Carlos Medina, Donald Seserko, Liang Cheng, Tae Sup Yun, and Sibel Pamukcu, Subsurface Geo-event Monitoring using Wireless Sensor Networks, in Proceedings of the Geo-Frontiers 2011, Dallas, TX, Mar. 13-16, 2011.
  • Xu Li, Tae sup Yun, Liang Cheng, Sibel Pamukcu and Yi Dong, In-situ Geo-characterization Using Wireless Functional Signals, in Proceedings of SPIE Smart Structures/NDE 2010, San Diego, California, March 7-11 2010.

Invited Talks

• • Data-driven and Model-based Analysis for Intelligent Infrastructure, Wayne State University, September 20, 2022
  • Data-driven and Model-based Analysis for Intelligent Infrastructure: Two Case Studies, University of Louisville, October 28, 2022